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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. someone chosen to judge and decide a disputed issue;
- Example: "the critic was considered to be an arbiter of modern literature"
- Example: "the arbitrator's authority derived from the consent of the disputants"
- Example: "an umpire was appointed to settle the tax case"
[syn: arbiter, arbitrator, umpire]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Arbitrator \Ar"bi*tra`tor\, n. [L., fr. arbitrari: cf. F.
   arbitrateur.]
   1. A person, or one of two or more persons, chosen by parties
      who have a controversy, to determine their differences.
      See Arbitration.
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   2. One who has the power of deciding or prescribing without
      control; a ruler; a governor.
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            Though Heaven be shut,
            And Heaven's high Arbitrators sit secure. --Milton.
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            Masters of their own terms and arbitrators of a
            peace.                                --Addison.
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   Syn: Judge; umpire; referee; arbiter. See Judge.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

arbitrator
    n 1: someone chosen to judge and decide a disputed issue; "the
         critic was considered to be an arbiter of modern
         literature"; "the arbitrator's authority derived from the
         consent of the disputants"; "an umpire was appointed to
         settle the tax case" [syn: arbiter, arbitrator,
         umpire]